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The Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoBoffelli puts the boot into All Blacks
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER New Zealand....18pts Tries: Taukeiaho 10, Clarke 31 Conversions: Mo’unga 33 Penalties: Mo’unga 28, 46 Argentina ..........25pts Tries: Gonzalez...
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The Rugby Championship
/ 4 years agoMontoya is so proud but Cheika warns of a backlash
Pumas skipper Julian Montoya couldn’t hold back his emotions after this historic victory. “I’m very proud of our team,” he beamed....
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Brendan Gallagher
/ 4 years agoFans need to buckle up for a bumpy ride
RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER It feels like the Gallagher Premiership is tottering...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFrench go from strength to strength
AFTER a difficult week for English club rugby, it is both instructive and a little chastening to look over La Manche...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoFrance set to rock with the best league in the world
PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW French flair: La Rochelle may be champions of Europe but they finished fifth...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRemembering DK, the speedster who made a name for himself
PETER JACKSON KEN Jones died last Wednesday, barely a fortnight after his 82nd birthday and some 60 years after becoming the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGlad to see Rennie has loyalty top of his list
NO word in the rugby lexicon has been battered from pillar to post more often than loyalty, once a priceless virtue...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoIt’s not pitch perfect just yet for Bury coach Ford
By BEN JAYCOCK NATIONAL 2 EAST Bury St Edmunds’ preseason preparations have been affected by a lack of rain – but...
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National League One
/ 4 years agoRich will give Blood, sweat and tears for a faster start
By BEN JAYCOCK NATIONAL 1 Richie Williams is hoping his Cambridge side ‘can reach their full potential’ this season as they...
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National League 2N
/ 4 years agoTigers must look to edge the tight matches, insists Barrow
By BEN JAYCOCK NATIONAL 2 NORTH Sedgley Park Tigers missed out on the title by just four points last season –...
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National Leagues
/ 4 years agoBarber gets ready to cut down his old pal Sneddon
By BEN JAYCOCK NATIONAL 2 WEST Mike Barber is looking forward to locking horns with former teammate Scott Sneddon as his...
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Features
/ 4 years agoThe day Pumas joined world rugby’s top table
Brendan Gallagher delves into some of rugby’s most enduring images, their story and why they are still so impactful Iconic Rugby...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoThe game paying too much for its players
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME Top gun: Semi Radradra is a marquee player for Bristol PICTURE: Getty...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoBRITISH RUGBY FIXTURES
SATURDAY SEP 3 WELSH LEAGUES PREMIERSHIP: Aberavon v Bridgend, Carmarthen v Llandovery, Llanelli v Swansea, Merthyr RFC v RGC, Newport v...
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Features
/ 4 years agoGatecrashers ready to spoil the party again
CLUB 0F THE WEEK BY BRENDAN GALLAGHER ROTHERHAM Founded: 1923 Ground; Clifton Lane (Capacity 3,628) Club honours: North East 1 champions:...
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Features
/ 4 years agoYoung Guns: Bristol Bears fly-half Sam Worsley
Having learned off the likes of AJ MacGinty and Callum Sheedy, ‘triple threat’ fly-half Sam Worsley is looking to make his...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSupport for 7s ace after rare cancer diagnosis
NEWS EXTRA By NEIL HARVEY FORMER Wales Sevens player Ethan Davies has announced he has a rare form of cancer. The...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoForthcoming fixtures
Weekend beginning Friday, September 2, 2022 It is advisable to check matches and kick-off times with the clubs ... Continue reading......
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoConcern as refs switch to other side
JAMES HARRINGTON FRENCH COLUMN Another of French rugby’s leading gamekeepers turned coach this week, as Top 14 referee Maxime Chalon put...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoMy sacking by England was bizarre, says Ashton
By NICK POWELL Brian Ashton was not bitter when he reflected on his removal as England coach, although he did describe...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoWasps put their faith in Dodson
WASPS head coach Lee Blackett believes new signing Cam Dodson could become the gem the cashstrapped club are looking for. Dodson,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCattigan family call for inquiry following her death
THE family of Scotland international Siobhan Cattigan have called for an independent inquiry into her death, saying undetected rugby-related brain damage...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTop clubs face major cash crisis
By NEIL FISSLER The Premiership season kicks off in three weeks with growing fears that almost a quarter of the clubs...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDavies brings curtain down on his 30-year service with Wales
By PETER JACKSON Mark Davies is to end one of the longest careers in Test rugby – 30 years unbroken service...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoFive-year deal will give Cup boost – Grainger
By JON NEWCOMBE Steve Grainger, RFU director of rugby development, is confident the new five-year partnership between England Rugby and Papa...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoClark on a mission to prove his Test quality
By ROB COLE Wales have capped two former England U20 centres in the last few years and new Dragons recruit Max...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoProud Pendlebury expects England U18s to hit back
England U18s head coach Jonathan Pendlebury was proud of team’s effort despite losing the first game of their three match tour...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoStronge aims to be the top scrum-half in his division
By BEN JAYCOCK Ambition: Nottingham’s Michael Stronge Michael Stronge has set a clear goal to become the best scrum-half in the...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoLudlow: Three ops and I’m good to go
By PAUL REES Lewis Ludlow feels like a new man. The Gloucester captain had three operations in as many weeks after...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoJohnson glad to be a Wasp
Ashley Johnson has left his role as player-coach at Birmingham Moseley to take forward his coaching career with his former side...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHegarty to head home
LEICESTER Tigers’ Bryce Hegarty will leave the club midway through the season to join Super Rugby side the Western Force. The...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoChiefs confirm Sio signing
Exeter Chiefs confirmed the signing of Australia loose-head Scott Sio on a “long-term deal”. Sio, 30, has won 71 caps and...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoVan Zyl has his sights set on the World Cup
By GARY FITZGERALD Seeing Billy and Mako Vunipola battle their way back into Eddie Jones’ good books has encouraged Ivan van...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoPainful budget cuts are for greater good
COLIN BOAG Still looking for a club: Former England full-back Mike Brown left Newcastle at the end of last season PICTURE:...
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Features
/ 4 years agoVan Graan must rectify three key areas at Bath
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE... EVERY WEEK Rugby union does not have football’s profile, but in many other ways I would...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoAll Blacks have missed a trick
New Zealand did well to beat South Africa at Ellis Park last weekend, but they have missed a trick by not...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoWade due in Paris for talks to cover Grace
ON THE BLINDSIDE Former England winger Christian Wade is due in Paris on Monday for talks about a deal to sign...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoHougaard set to stay at Wasps
ON THE BLINDSIDE Francois Hougaard looks set to extend his stay with cash-strapped Wasps to give the club some much-needed good...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSaints close in on young Warrior Fin
ON THE BLINDSIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler Northampton Saints are close to agreeing to a deal for...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoFrench clubs look at Nowell
ON THE BLINDSIDE Exeter winger Jack Nowell could move to France after the World Cup with his CV doing the rounds...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoExiles waiting in wings for Chick
ON THE BLINDSIDE London Irish are waiting in the wings to potentially move for Newcastle Falcons No.8 Callum Chick if there...
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Dream Team
/ 4 years agoDream Team with Caolon Ryan
Calon Ryan, the recently retired former Chinnor, Birmingham-Moseley, Stourbridge, Coventry, Darlington Mowden Park and Rotherham Titans fly-half, choose the best XV...
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Columnists
/ 4 years agoRising stars who give us reasons to be cheerful
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK Peerless: England’s Freddie Steward scores against Australia PICTURE: Getty Images Now for the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoTime to apply law on forward passes
NICK CAIN The only blot on the landscape in last weekend’s Rugby Championship clashes was the continued tolerance for forward passes....
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoRuthless Ospreys fly past helpless Hartpury
Hartpury ........14 Ospreys ..........41 By JOHN BARNES The first hit out for both Hartpury University and Ospreys of pre-season 2022/23 was...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoSale FC ………………34 Fylde ………………….14
By STEVE SMITH Sale FC looked in fine form as they got their pre-season campaign underway with a routine win against...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoCinderford …………17 Matson………………….0
By MICK WILSON Cinderford director of rugby Paul Morris was pleased with his side’s comfortable win over Matson in what was...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoCambridge …………33 Carmarthen ……….14
By STEVE JACKSON In the end Cambridge came through a stern test against Welsh Premiership side Quins, outscoring the visitors by...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoMorahan scores sensational solo try but tyro Bears fall just short
Brive ....................22 Bristol....................17 By PHIL BROWN Bristol Bears kicked off pre-season with a narrow defeat at the hands of Top 14...
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Club Rugby
/ 4 years agoNine-try Ealing are too strong for Park
Rosslyn Park ..26pts Ealing T’f ..........57pts By RHYS STRATTON Ealing Trailfinders ran out deserved winners at The Rock on Saturday, tallying...
Autumn Internationals
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